International Conference: A World Without Walls 2010 (Berlin, 6th
- 10th November 2010)
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is currently accepting
applications to its international conference "A World without Walls
2010". The conference will explore the potential for cultural
diplomacy and soft power in building peace and
supporting reconciliation in different regions of the world and will
consist of lectures and seminars held by leading figures from
international politics, academia, international development, and
civil society, as well as debates and panel discussions.
The event is scheduled parallel to the historic
international celebrations taking place in Berlin during the month
of November, and on the evening of Tuesday, 9th November,
participants will have the unique opportunity to
celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on
the streets of Berlin.
The speakers during the Seminar will include leading figures and
experts from international politics, academia, the diplomatic
community, civil society and the private sector, from across the
world. These speakers will include:
*Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson; Senator for South
Australia, Deputy President of the Australian Senate,
the 22nd President of the Australian Senate
*Dr. Alfredo Palacio; Former President of Ecuador
*Dr. Andro Vlahusic; Mayor of the City of Dubrovnik;
Former Minister of Health of Croatia
*Prof. Anthony Giddens (Baron Giddens, of
Southgate)Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics;
Life Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; Former Director of the
London School of Economics
*Prof. Dr. Arthur H. Westing;Former Director of the
United Nations Environment Program project on Peace, Security, and
Environment
*Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider; Former Ambassador of
the US to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
*Prof. Dr. François Heisbourg;Chairman of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and of the
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (Special Advisor, Fondation pour
la Recherche Stratégique, Paris)
*Dr. Gerlinde Niehus;Head, Corporate Communications
Section, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
*Prof. Dr. Inge Kaul; Former Director of UNDP's
Office of Development Studies
*President Ivo Josipović;President of Croatia
*Joaquim Chissano;Former President of Mozambique;
Former Chairperson of the African Union
*The Honorable Senator Larry Pressler (Ret.)Former
US Senator from South Dakota; Member of the US Commission for the
Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
*Marcia Barrett; Lead Singer of Boney M
*Mark Urban; Journalist, Author and Broadcaster;
Former Defense Correspondent of the Independent and BBC News;
Diplomatic Editor for BBC Two's Newsnight
*Merethe Stagetorn; Defense Lawyer for the Danish
Supreme Court
*Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga; Former President of
Latvia
*Anatoliy Zlenko; Former Foreign Minister of Ukraine
*President Dr. Emil Constantinescu; ICD Board Member, Former
President of Romania
*Prof. Dr. Fawaz A. Gerges; Professor of Middle Eastern Politics
and International Relations at the London School of Economics
and Political Science
*Jack McConnell; ICD Advisory Board Member, Former First Minister
of Scotland
*HE Lt. Jerry John Rawlings; Former President of Ghana
*Prof. Dr. Joris Voorhoeve; Former Defense Minister of Holland and
Professor of International Security Studies at Nederlandse Defensie
Academie
*Dr. Miomir Zuzul; Former Foreign Minister of Croatia, Former
Croatian Ambassador to the United States
Further details about the program can be found
under: www.world-without-walls.org.
For enquiries contact info@culturaldiplomacy.org.
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